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• The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone else to blame it on. – Robert Bloch
• A good belly laugh should register on the Richter scale. – Gerry Hopman
• Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils. – Louis Hector Berlioz
• It’s true that we don’t know what we’ve got until we lose it, but it’s also true that we don’t know what we’ve been missing until it arrives. – Author unknown
• Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway. – Author unknown
• Sadness, stress and tension come and go. Humor and laughter are forever. – Gerry Hopman
• The trouble with unemployment is that the minute you wake up in the morning, you’re on the job. Slappy White
• You can lead a man to congress, but you can’t make him think. – Milton Berle
• When I was born I was so surprised, I didn’t talk for a year and a half. – Gracie Allen
• The taxpayers are sending congressmen on expensive trips abroad. It might be worth it, except they keep coming back. Will Rogers
• Why don’t they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years Americans would be the smartest race of people on earth. – Will Rogers
• Everything is changing. People are taking comedians seriously and the politicians are a joke. Will Rogers
• I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury. – Groucho Marx

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Theresa May  may take some time to settle in to her new position being not fully prepared. PM May may initially like to move slowly in the job and may not want her to be as dynamic as Margret Thatcher to start with.

PM May visit USA for early consultation with President Obama.

May may  participate in Security Council meeting.

Whether or not above proves right one thing is very obvious Theresa May’s second part of name “May” may cause trouble for news writers in sentences having May and may together or like in sentence “PM May visit USA” where May can be taken as may also changing its meaning completely. May be writers instead of writing freely may find it difficult and need more time on May/may affair. The above was only a sample only time would tell how news writers manage it or whether they are able to find a solution within limits of grammar?

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At the very start of physical comedy there is the Italian “Commedia Dell’arte”, or Comedy of Art. It’s defining characteristics are comedic interludes, improvisational style and stock characters. The role of the body remains very important in comedy through the ages. Physical comedy even started some careers. We can all remember Jim Dale and his success at an audition after he got a big laugh because he tripped and fell on a stage.
What makes this genre evergreen is its simplicity and spontaneity. And these are the main reasons why it is still being re-used in the comedy movies of our age.

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A worldwide survey was conducted by the UN. The only question asked was: “Would you please give your honest opinion about solutions to the food shortage in the rest of the world?” The survey was a huge failure. In Africa they didn’t know what “food” meant. In Eastern Europe they didn’t know what “honest” meant. In Western Europe they didn’t know what “shortage” meant. In China they didn’t know what “opinion” meant. In the Middle East they didn’t know what “solution” meant. In South America they didn’t know what “please” meant. And in the USA they didn’t know what “the rest of the world” meant.

A man asks a farmer near a field, “Sorry sir, would you mind if I crossed your field instead of going around it? You see, I have to catch the 4:23 train.”
The farmer says, “Sure, go right ahead. And if my bull sees you, you’ll even catch the 4:11 one.”

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